Reports of insurance-based discrimination in health care and its association with access to care

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue , 2015, Pages S517-S525

  Han, Xinxin ^a   Call, Kathleen Thiede ^a,b   Pintor, Jessie Kemmick ^a,b   Alarcon Espinoza, Giovann ^b   Simon, Alisha Baines ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84937429685     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302668     Document Type: Article

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